Consider Sunday’s game against the Washington Redskins “the Revenge of John Beck.”

After all, this WAS supposed to be Beck’s team.

Will Redskins QB John Beck get his first win against the Dolphins?

The Miami Dolphins selected the former BYU standout in the second-round of the 2007 and planned to invest in him for the future. Beck was going to be the young talented arm the Dolphins would invest time and effort into.

But Beck didn’t develop quick enough. He couldn’t read an NFL defense fast enough (and still can’t), and failed to lead that 1-15 team to a win in 2007 before being benched for Cleo Lemon.

Then the regime changed.

When Bill Parcells and his crew got to South Florida they instantly pushed Beck to the side, drafting Chad Henne the next year in the second round, and signing veteran quarterback Chad Pennington.

The next year they pushed Beck off the roster completely, releasing him immediately after the draft because they had selected a flashy new quarterback named Pat White in the second round on the 2009 draft.

Beck was immediately picked up by former Dolphins coach Cam Cameron, the man who drafted him, and whom this regime also discarded. Beck hung around the NFL long enough to eventually become a starter in Washington this season.

While he’s still searching for his first NFL victory its hard to argue the fact Beck is a survivor, and no matter what he says he’s out for revenge against the Dolphins in a game that could be his final opportunity to prove he’s an NFL starter.

Here’s what Beck had to say today….

“Obviously, the goals that I had coming into the season that you work so hard for – it’s been kind of hard to accomplish those with the situation that we find ourselves in now. But I’m just continuing to work as hard as I can at that, so it’s hard to say exactly where I’m at, but I just know that I’m still working at it.”

How far have you come since your rookie year in terms of recognizing defense and comfort in the pocket:

“As a rookie, you’re wide-eyed, especially when you’re going through the tough situation that we were in back in 2007 where we hadn’t won a game and you become a starter. There are a lot of things that a young quarterback has to deal with — just the transition to the NFL and that situation can be a tricky one. Since then, obviously I’ve been able to spend a lot of time in film rooms, on practice fields, being around coaches [and] gaining experience in preseason games. All of those aspects I feel like I’ve definitely improved, just getting what experience I can. There’s not the wide-eyed look any more.”

On how tough it has been being on teams that have to overcome injuries:

“It is a tricky situation, but it’s adversity and you do your best to fight against adversity to overcome it. We don’t have the guys that we started the season with. That’s football – it happens to a lot of teams every single year and you want to continue to work and continue to get better and improve as a team and continue to believe. Despite whatever adversity you’re facing, you have to still believe and go out there and play on Sunday and give it your best.”

On comparing playing for a winless team in Miami to not having a win as a starter in Washington:

“It’s hard to say because that was my first year in the NFL and you don’t really know what to expect as a rookie in the NFL — what your situation is like, what the team is like. You don’t know what it’s like around the rest of the league. You just know that situation. I don’t know what it would have been like. It probably wouldn’t have been as tricky, just that situation that we found ourselves in [with] all of those injuries. You always want to have a plan when the season starts. Coach [Cam] Cameron sat me down and told me the plan and it felt like that was going to be a good one. As the season shook down, it was anything but that plan with Trent [Green] going down and all of those things. The more I’ve been in this league, the more I’ve learned that that happens. That kind of stuff happens all over the league to a lot of teams and it’s just about dealing with it. It’s about just trying to overcome it and continue to work.”

What was it like having to wait for your opportunity to start after your failed tenure with the Dolphins:

“You never know if you’re going to get another opportunity or when it can happen or if it’s going to happen. I just continue to try to work hard throughout the years and put myself in a position that, if an opportunity was there, I would go out and do well. There was an opportunity in the Philadelphia game to go in and play. Things went pretty good in that game and I try to continue to get better each week. It has been a struggle because things haven’t gone well the past couple of weeks, but, regardless, I am having an opportunity to play and try to go out and do my best each week and improve my game during the week of practice so that I can go out there and play a better game the next week.”

On not getting the chance to start for the Dolphins in the 2008 season:

“Well, I got to learn a lot from Chad Pennington. When he came in, he was brought in to be the guy and he did a fantastic job that season. When I looked at that situation, I said that I’m obviously not one of the guys that was chosen by this group. They brought in Chad Pennington. They brought in Chad Henne. Those are the guys, but what can I do to make myself a better quarterback for a situation that could come up in years following? I spent a lot of time with Chad Pennington late at the facility talking to him, just kind of trying to pick his brain and work on my mental aspect of the game — preparation during the week leading up to the game, all of those things. I look at that year as learning a lot from Chad Pennington, watching him take a team that only won one game the year before and helping him lead them to a championship of the AFC East. I was able to learn a lot from that.”

What would it mean to get the first win of your career against the Dolphins:

“It would be good. I’ve been wanting to get a win in any stadium. These past few weeks, every week I’ve gone into the game, I’ve wanted it to be that game, that stadium, that situation. For me, really there is no difference in this game than any other game I’ve gone into. I’m just trying to do my best to help my team win.”

I remember Cameron was saying the same “this is just a game” stuff back in 2008 when he played the Dolphins as Baltimore’s offensive coordinator.

Who remembers the Gatorade shower the Ravens gave Cameron after Baltimore pulled out a win?

I’m betting the Redskins will pull out all the stops to celebrate if Beck manages to lead Washington to a victory over the Dolphins.

Not to be too pessimistic but I think the winning streak comes to an end after this week. I don’t think Matt Moore is capable of being offensive player of the week on a regular basis. But I do think we beat a woeful Redskins team this week.

The line is still suspect. KC has 1 good DL thats it. KC also has no QB so our D looked better than it really is. Cassel missed throws out there. Let’s see what happens when we play the Cowboys. Romo makes mistakes but he makes a lot of plays and has a lot of weapons. I think we will come crashing back to earth. I am out. Enjoy mobfest. Peace.

This creep monster Sandusky took down an icon of 50 years because Joe Pa probably tried to help a friend with a major problem. What a piece of garbage Sandusky is. Way to go creeper. You piece of shyyt sick MFer!

I can’t wait for this issue to be over because I feel ill every time I think about it.

FFDIM has said he is gonna get there early, set up and let at least Walker and Mike E know where he is. He is gonna have a MobFest flag, but everyone is pretty much going to have to know the section number to find him.

The Firing of of Joe is nothing more the PSU again trying to save face, and trying to change the story of PSU hid the information from the Police, to Joe hid it because he is the football coach and he is all powerful. Just pathetic.

The GA changed his story multiple times, The board of trustees deemed they had punished the rapist enough when the GA changed his story from rape to horse play. Joe had nothing to report to the police after that happened. Not his fault the GA lied.

I dont protect the coverup but if the GA had just stuck to his original story instead of changing it for whatever reason all this wouldve been avoided. Sad day for Joe P. Great coach, great guy ruined because of a lie and a poor decision not to go to the police after the original “investigation” by the school

chrisgoering says:
November 9, 2011 at 4:30 pm
how do you become part of the mob?

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Its a long rigorous process

First NJPhinfan & Cartman set up your physical. You are required to do 1000 one-handed push ups, followed by 500 pull ups, then run a marathon supervised by NJ who will do twice as much as each. Then cartman rubs out your cramps

Then there is the test. M13 will quiz you on stats using catagories you never heard of. Then the artist formerly known as Fatass Jack will follow with some more stats you did not know existed

But the tests don’t stop there – then there is vocabulary. Bat and Jahndoh will throw a few words out you never heard of.

Legal Knowledge – Ken will test your legal knowledge

Persistence – Markeyh will argue with you about how great Henne will be

Patience – Tim will make you wait for 3 years before he even gives you his portion of the exam

BBQ – FFDIM handles this part

Recreation – Walker handles of course. Bring the bong

Old Dolfan – acient history

Flirting – Gigi is in charge

Sodomy – Mike E has a nose for this test

FFRob – other perversions quiz

O Howie – scoreboard

Stanger – Equestrian

Mbj – initials

Any other mob memebers not mentioned beat you (gang style) until you earn your membership

then it takes 8-12 weeks to process your application materials and issue you a license

btw, IF Joe Paterno is The Man at Penn St. he could have said “get that scum bag off our campus”

Joe made a mistake…. he succumbed to the pressure of $ and prestige, and now he must live with it. This is not really about Paterno, but he is SUCH an ICON that he cannot escape the low level response that he had….

he did not live up to his iconographic level… and thus he loses his job. I hate that this happened to him, but seriously, he will have a few years of agony compared to the decades those boys who TRUSTED those trying to ‘help them’.

“Do you know if he plans on the east or west side to set up? I’ll be coming in on the east side off the turnpike.”

Son — given that the closest gates to sec 426 are D and E, the East side makes the most sense. But FFDIM never really announced what he was thinking in that regard and he is ground zero wherever he sets up. Not too much choice on that.

Son , sup man?
Hey how bout our central Fla own Bruuuuce Miller scoring his 1st TD last week as a FB?
Guess Harbaugh is really the sheet when he can turn a LB into a road grading blocker, pass receiving, rock toting SOB!

That was awesome. Miller is one of those guys that makes your team better regardless of position, he’s an all effort guy. He fits Harbaughs style well.
Harbaugh also took my man Kendall Hunter who in tries has looked really good too. Too bad Harbaugh didn’t come here those guys might be fins now.
Jah Reid gets a lot of playing time for Baltimore too…

Harbaugh wasn’t coming here, even for a boatload of dough. He’s where he wants to be, and he’s getting paid well enough. I also wish he came here. Regardless, next year we will hopefully bring in someone of his caliber here.

Stanger: I am trying to help FFDIM and will be helping him Sun. morning. Omar prefers a certain area of the stadium and I have relayed that to you guys. Would you rather park in an area totally opposite where it will be difficult for Omar to get to us?

“Stanger: I am trying to help FFDIM and will be helping him Sun. morning. Omar prefers a certain area of the stadium and I have relayed that to you guys. Would you rather park in an area totally opposite where it will be difficult for Omar to get to us?”

G — not sure what you mean. Was just saying that we need to get FFDIM to set up in the right place as best we can. And it sounds like you have a handle on that. Wherever he ends up is where the tailgate will be.

That was my only point. If it seemed like I was saying something else then it was unintentional cause it certainly wasn’t in my mind.

nobody is above this type of scandal. as a life long Catholic and children who attended Catholic schools, I think the Catholic Church has a lot to learn from Penn State in regarding the lack of tolerance for this.

of course this suggests that the Board didn’t know earlier.

If I had heard about what Joe Paterno heard about, and I was the face of the university… I’d have shredded anyone… he didn’t. His prayers for the victims are empty.

the feelings of former players must be very complicated… loyalty is an intense emotion.. something ALL of us on this blog understand.

however, loyalty has a line that can not be crossed. THAT is the real crime of college football. “Loyalty” blinds everything else. At some point we must discriminate the difference between what is right for the University from what is Right.

When the catholic church case happened when the Priest were discovered they were just moved because bishops were also involved, makes you wonder if some PSU official were involved. How else can this guy walk safely around campus. Not saying they were physically involved but maybe were getting things from sandusky, like photos and videos.

This is just a wild guess but Predators protect and help other predators and typical have a very detailed system.

We are learning that to be human is to be vain. Even the great Joe Paterno may have had concerns about Penn State and even his legacy. I am not claiming to know what he was thinking, all I can do is speculate as to why he did not do what most of us would have done (includes sharp knives and Bobbit slurs).

Joe loses his job because evidence emerged that he did not live up to the immense stature of himself. He struggles with the human condition of self versus society.

Maybe he truely didn’t know/understand/comprehend the level of disgust this f’n piece of crap was up to. Joe’s an old guy with different values and understanding than that of who is taking him down. His biggest misgiving here might be his own unknowing.

all the attention is on the old men of Penn state…. the hell with them…

what about the victims. I’m so tired of the ‘worry’ about the powerful while the victims are a side story… that’s just the MS teacher feeling the vulnerability of young kids and the way that was taken advantage of… and then the old men wring their hands and lament about their errors….

“Joe loses his job because evidence emerged that he did not live up to the immense stature of himself. He struggles with the human condition of self versus society.”

BS. He lost his job because he turned away when told that his buddy was molesting 10 year old boys in his showers. Who cares if an 84 year old man lost his job. JoePa is a coward, and at least 9 kids lives were ruined because JoePa didn’t have the balls to do something about it.

The focus of this story is messed up. And any sympathy for JoePa is pathetic.

son of a son of a shula says:
November 9, 2011 at 11:26 pm
So when did Joe tell you what he knew and when he knew it?
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Read the grand jury report. He was told that his buddy was in the shower with a 10 year old boy. He says that. What else do you want to know? Stop excusing this.

… PSU did something wrong, and therefore, all involved need to go. Stop with the apologies, stop with the “but he’s an icon”. Joe Pa didn’t do this, but he KNEW it happened and he took the easy way out.

Make fun of me if you want because I was not in Joe Pa’s position, but if I learn about this and I see this guy on MY campus, …. I am in somebody’s face!!!! this “pray for the victims” crap really pizzes me off.

“Cartman – is JoePa not free? How does losing your job equate to not being free?”

Joe P did what he was suppose to do legally. Morally no, but legally yes, he should be walking free lol.

Also after finding out some names one of the two guys who is being criminal charged was the PSU police Chief who Joe originally went to and reported the crime. The Police chief later covered it up as we see now. So once again Joe really did everything but go outside of the small country we know as PSU. So he should be fired but his name should not be ran the dirt.

“Stanger: I am trying to help FFDIM and will be helping him Sun. morning. Omar prefers a certain area of the stadium and I have relayed that to you guys. Would you rather park in an area totally opposite where it will be difficult for Omar to get to us?”

G — not sure what you mean. Was just saying that we need to get FFDIM to set up in the right place as best we can. And it sounds like you have a handle on that. Wherever he ends up is where the tailgate will be.

That was my only point. If it seemed like I was saying something else then it was unintentional cause it certainly wasn’t in my mind.

Cartman – Look, JoePa ran a football team and his life to do things the “right way”. He has turned out to be a fraud. When confronted with probably the most significant issue to face the university he did the bare minimum. He didn’t do it the right way… he did it the easy way. Which is the opposite of what he preached for 50 years. His football accomplishments should not be tarnished… but his iconic standing darn well should be. And at the end of the day, who care about the football stuff.

Stanger, it’s okay didn’t want you to think I am telling anyone where to set up. Obviously FFDIM and the rest of you guys want to meet the mob boss and just letting you know where he said would be best for him. Most definitely looking forward to having fun.

Convict- Joe went to the AD, VP, President, Broad of trustee’s and Campus chief of Police. During that time the GM “changed” his story, and the two main people covered it up, Chief of Police being one of them. Joe P is just the Eye candy that is easy to target and blame. The story is much bigger then Joe.

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